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Fact Base Raises 4.5 Billion Yen in Series D for Drawing System Zumen

Fact Base, the Tokyo company behind the drawing management system Zumen, raised 4.5 billion yen in Series D funding through a third-party allotment of new shares and a transfer of existing shares, with cumulative funding reaching 11.25 billion yen.

Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.

Why it matters

The round keeps Insight Partners in the lead and adds two new backers, and the stated use of funds points at overseas hiring and sales rather than a purely domestic push for a tool now deployed in 14 countries.

Fact Base Raises 4.5 Billion Yen in Series D for Drawing System Zumen

Key Facts

  • Fact Base raised 4.5 billion yen in Series D funding through a third-party allotment of new shares and a transfer of existing shares.
  • Cumulative funding for Fact Base has reached 11.25 billion yen.
  • Insight Partners led the round, continuing from Series C, with Artemis Ventures and MPower Partners newly participating.
  • Fact Base says sales grew 2.3 times year on year and adopting companies expanded 2.2 times.
  • Zumen is deployed in 14 countries including Japan, according to Fact Base.

Insight Partners led the round as it did in Series C, while Artemis Ventures and MPower Partners joined as new investors. Sales and adopting companies each grew roughly two-fold year on year.

Fact Base says sales grew 2.3 times year on year and the number of companies adopting Zumen expanded 2.2 times, with deployments spread across 14 countries including Japan. The company, led by CEO Masataka Takeuchi, plans to put the money into hiring and sales structures in overseas markets, into technical development and feature expansion for Zumen, and into new businesses beyond drawing management. It also names strengthening administrative departments and governance as part of the spend.

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